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by lawbantell 1 view

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I am about to demote a DC - TESTSRV, after moving all home folders to the another DC - TESTSRV1, how do I re-map the home folders if not all the users have home drive mapped initially and you want to keep it as it were?

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by darts32

either setup a batch file to change the drive mapping or if using AD you can specify the new drive in the user account.

by andrew_t

Just edit their logon scripts to stop using the current shares...then add a 2nd string to map them to their new home drives. And then change it in their user profiles as well...unless your just using logon scripts.

Ex:

Net stop h: \\oldserver\Username
net use h: \\newserver\username

by ariston

If the servers are running Windows 2000 Server, and Active Directory, right click the users and under Profile, set

Connect H to \\TestSrv1\users\%username%

That will let you move the home folders to the proper location for each user. Make sure that the "Users" folder has Everyone-Full Control for permissions. You can then set the Security on each individual user folder to prevent unauthorized access.

Hope that helps!

Ariston Collander
ariston@coxcomputer.com

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